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Dec. 26, 1922.

- E.E. ENGLUND.

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Dec. 26, 1922. Y 1,439,877. E. E. ENQLUND.

PLANTER. FILED 0cT.19. 1921. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

llill lilatented 25, 1922.

UNITED STATES N 1,439,377 PATENT OFFICE.

ERNST E. ENG-LUNE, OE MOLINE, ILLINOIS, SSIG-NOR TO D. M. SECHLER IMPLEMENT 65 CARRIAGE COMPANY, OF FIGLINE, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

PLANTER.

Application filed October 19, 1921. Serial No. 508,049.

runner -tranie hinged together and having the rotating shaitt that is carried by the said iront trame driven by a sprocket chain running over sprockets on the said shaft and the axle oit the machine. lt is old in connection with such structures to provide clutch means for automatically eect-ing a stoppage ot the seed plates when the planter runners are. raised to inoperative position, but the driving sprockets and chain still continue running. it is the object ci my invention to so improve machines of the general type referred to t-hatwhen the front or runrner traine is raised to inoperative position,

as, `for example, when turning at the ends of rows or driving to and troni a field, the driving sprockets and chain will be automatt cally stopped, and, when such front traine is again lowered into operative position such sprocket driving members will in like manner be again set in operation. Brieiiy stated, I accomplish this object by providing` upon the main axle ot the planter clutch member that is 'fast on such axle and adapted to engage with or be disengaged from a second clutch inen'ibei that carries the driving sprocket en such axle, and, lthrough clutchshitting means that includes al cam on the axlie and a torwardlysextending rod 'from such cani to the iront trame of the planter, causing the said driving sprocket to be clutched to or disengaged Qlfrom the axle accordingly as the front or runner 'traine is lowered into operative position or iaisedto inoperative position. In the claims l have pointedv out what l believe to be novel.

in the drawings,-

Fig. 1 is a top or plan view of an ordinary corn-planter in which my invention is lembodied;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail, being substantially a sectiontaken at line 2%2 of Fig. 1, and showing in dotted lines the position of the parts when the trames are in operative position;

Fig. 3 is a view in rear elevation of the clutch means carried by the axle` oit the planter', the clutch members being shown separated from each other, and a part of the sprocket-carrying member being broken away;

Fig. 4 is a vertical section through the saine parts that are shown in Fig. 3 and in the same relative positions, the section being taken on the line 4 4 of F ig. 1; and

` Eig. 5 is a perspective view ot the cam on the axle, through a turning or which the clutch is operated.

Referring to the several tiouies ot' the c o drawings: l`he rear iranie oi the planter is 'indicated by 10, and the front traine thereot by 11. These trames are ot usual construction, and are pivotally connected together as usual, the connection in the construction shown ybeing by jointing the side bars of the rear frame at 12 to brackets 13 that are bolted to and rise from the two main bars of the front frame. Extending between the side bars of the rear trame and acting as a brace is the usual bai' 14, that is bolted to such side bars. The usual axle that extends across and is secured to the rear frame is indicated by '15, the journals in which it is rotatably mounted being indica-ted by 16, and the usual covering and supporting wheels mounted on the ends ot the axle being indicated by 17. Pivotally mounted on the rear trame is an ordinary adjusting lever, provided. with the usual spring latchv for engaging with a sector 18. Such lever is connected at its forward end with the usual link that at its lower end is connected with the 'front 'frame or some part rigidly affixed thereto, whereby upon a manipulation ot the lever the 'front trame may be raised or lowered, as required, to carry it out of or into operative position. The link that connects such. lever with the Lfront traine will ordinarily be surrounded by a coiled spring as usual, said spring being shown in Fig. 1 and indicated by 19.

,As shown, the connection of the lever mechanisin tothe front .trame is made through a heavy bracket 20 bolted to the rear bar of such front frame, which bracket also furnishes a means to which the usual draft tongue 21 may be bolted. The front frame carries the usual seed boxes 22 and furrow openers 23, and, as is well understood, the seed ico Llei

l dispensing mechanism in the bottoms of the boxes will be operated through the rotation ofy a shaft 2-such shaft being driven by suitable means from the axle l5. The structure so far referred to may be of any ordi.

clutch member 25, provided on` its inner.

face with ordinary clutchteeth 26, and havying a wide circumferential flange 27 that, earries, in the construction shown,two sprockets 28 andl29- of different sizes. Upon the shaft 15 is secured, so as to turn therewith, a second clutch member 30 having `teeth opposite the teeth 26 of the other member, and adapted to` interlock therewith Vwhen the clutch member 25 is to be drivenwiththe axle, ln the construction shown the clutch member 30 is made fast to the axle by a bolt 32 as shown. y Rotatably mounteduponthe cylindrical surface of one end of thel adjacent bearing 16 is a collar-shaped cam 33 which, as shown, yhas `a circumferential flange that extends in both directions" from the central web of the member. @ne edge of such flange `is smooth or unbroken, and

bears at all times against the edge of the flange 27 of `the largcrclutch member 25. rlhe opposite edge of the flange of the member 88 is cut away at regular intervals, as clearly shown in Fig. 5, to form afplurality of lugs 34, each of which has avportion of its edge inclined to form cam surfaces 35. The straight portions of the edges of the lugs 34 are adapted in one position of the member 33 to bea-r against like edges ofl lugs 36 that project from and are preferably formed integrally with the adj acent` bearing 16. These lastnamed lugs 36 also vhave camshaped or inclined surfaces 37,Hwith which the similarly inclined surfaces 35 of the member 33 are adapted to bear against when the annular or sleeve-like member 33 has been rotated as 'hereinafter described. Secured upon lthe axle l5 at some little distance from the clutch member 25 is secured in any usual manner a collar 38 that forms a fixed abutment for one end of a comparatively-heavy coiled lspring that at its other end bears. againstthe end of theclutchmember or,

preferably, against a washer 4:0, as shown,

which springof course, as will be understood,

tends to force the clutchmeniber 25that is looseron the axle toward the other clutch member lfthat is fixed on suchaxle. `.lt will be appreciated that with. the annular cam member Lin the position sho-wn in. 3 and. 4, the two clutch members are held out of engagement, but with such 33 ro# tatedsuliiciently to bring its inclined orfcam faces 3,5 opposite the compl.einentaryV faces BZ'the springlwill be permitted to forcethe ere-@lune website its @easement Se, als i ,te @eri-reihe l Glut-.Ch member 25 t0 rotaie for this purpose comprise an arm l2 pivot- 42 is, as shown, extended slightly to the insee?? with theaxle. The seeding shaft adapted to be driven from the axle asusual by means l of a sprocket chain al, which will pass over either one of the sprockets 28 and 29 before referred to, and over one of the other sprockets on such shaft, as shown, `the chain being engaged over either set of sprockets according to the speed of rotation at which it is ldesired to drive the shaft, as will be understood. l

When the front frameof a planterof this type is raised into inoperative position, vthe rear frame will rock to some extent on'the wheel axle with the result that the front end thereof will stand in a raised position approximately asshownv inA Fig. 2, and whenV .the front frame is lowered the front` part ofthe rear frame will also move down, asindicated vby the dotted lines in Fig. 2, such movement of the rear frame as well. as the front frame being compelled, as will be understood,by reason of the attachment of the front and of the tongue to the draft animals. Such ,rising andfalling movements ofcourse carry the pivoted front frame and the forwardv end of the rear frame slightly backy wardor forward, as Fig. 2 indicates, and I take advantage of such' combined yup and down fand forward and back movement of these parts to compel a turning of the annular cam member for effecting an interlockingor disengaging of the two clutch members 25 and 30. The means employed ally attached at 4 3 to the adjacent sidebar 100 of thefrear vframe 10, at a point a little in the `rear of the pivoting of such side bar at `l2 to" the front frame bracket 13. This arm rear at its lower end, and at such lower end 105 bifurcated tog adapt it to'receive therein aV stud llycarried by and preferably formed with a bracket 45 that .is ,bolted to the rear barof the front frame 1l. To the lower and rearwardly extending end of the arm Ll2' is 110 loosely attached a link 4.6 which extends rearwardly, and at its rearend is connected to anear Il? on the. surface of the annular cam member 38, The link `is preferably connected both. with the arm 42 and the ear 115 by `having its ends turned topass loosely through holes in such two parts, such turned ends being held therein .in any usual way. From theforegoing it will be seen that wh en the frames are forced down into operativc `120 position, as .indicated by thedotted lines in '2, the slight forward movement that the `front frame necessarilyhas v.is suci-ent to cause a pull on the link lthai'; will rotate the cam member 33 sufficiently to cause its 1,25

ybyjthe spring 39 into clutching engage- 1 30 nientv with the fixed clutch member 30, and thereupon such clutch member will of course rotate with the axle, and cause a driving of the shaft 24; for drilling purposes. A raising of the parts to the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2 will of course result in a reverse movement of the member 83 that will carry the straight edges of its lugs into contact with the straight edges of the fixed parts 36, and of course force back the clutch member 25 to the position shown in Figs. 3 and Il, and with the parts in that position the driving of the shaft 24 is of course stopped.v By having the lower end of the arm bifurcated and having such bifurcatedend turned a little to the rear, as shown, the front frame may have a certain amount of independent movement as it moves over the rough ground, without such movement suiciently affecting the arm 12 and link 46 as to cause a turning of the cam member 33 that would allow the clutch members to be disengaged from each other.

While planters have been provided with automatic clutch mechanism on the hopper seed shaft which will stop the seed plates from turning when the planters front frame is lifted to inoperative position, such con-- structions have still permitted continuous running of the sprockets and the sprocket chain so long as the machine was moving. My invention, however, is radically different from such devices, in that the entire driving mechanism is silenced or stopped, which is an advantage from several standpoints, and particularly that it saves wear and tear by the elimination of the necessity -for continuing in motion parts that then not contributing to the working of the apparatus.

`What I claim as mv invention and desire to secure by Letters atent, ism

l. The combination in a planter comprisinga rear frame in which is jcurnaled a rotatable axle and a front frame in which is journaled a rotatable shaft, and means for driving said shaft from said axle, of means for raising and lowering said front frame out of and into operative position, a clutch element slidingly mounted onsaid axle, a

cam device adapted by its movement to per-` mit said clutch element to move into or out of clutching engagement 'with the axle, a

\' ylink connected with and extending fon wardly from said cam device, a depending arm pivotally connected with said rear frame and also with the forward end of said link, and a rearwardly-projecting mem- .ber carried by the front frame with which member said arm is loosely connected.

2. The combination in a planter comprising a rear frame in which is journaled a rotatable axle and a front frame in which is journaled a rotatable shaft, a clutch on said axle comprising a member fast on the axle and-a member loose onthe axle, a sprocket on said loose clutch member, another sprocket on said shaft, a chain passing over said sprockets, a cam device on the axle adapted to permit an engagement of said clutch members with each other or cause their disengagement, a link connected with said cam device and extending forwardly therefrom, and a pivoted arm depending from the rear' frame and movably engaged at its lower portion with the front frame, to which arm said link is connected.

3. The combination in a planter comprising a rear frame in which is journaled a rotatable axle and a front frame in which is journaleda rotatable shaft, a clutch on said vaxle comprising a member fast on the axle and a member loose on the axle, a sprocket on said loose clutch member, another sprocket on said shaft, a chain passing over said sprockets, a cam device on the axle adapted to permit an engagement of said clutch members with each other or cause their disengagement, a link connected with said cam device and extending forwardly therefrom, a pivoted arm depending from the rear' frame and provided in, its lower portion with a slot, and a fixed stud on the front frame projecting into said slot, to

'which pivoted arm said link is connected.

4. The combination in a planter comprising a rear frame in which is journaled a rotatable axle and a front frame in which is journaled a rotatable shaft, a clutch on said axle comprising a member fast on the axle and a member loose on the axle, a sprocket on said loose clutch member, another sprocket on said shaft, a chain passing over said sprockets', a cam device on the axle adapt ed-to permit an engagement of said clutch members with each other or cause their disengagement, a link connected with said cam device and extending forwardly therefrom, a pivoted arm depending from the rear frame and provided in its lower portion with a rearwardlyextending slot, and a stud fixed on the front frame and projecting into said slot, to which pivoted arm said link is connected.

ERNST E. ENGLUND. 

